District singles, team tournaments set to go

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Berks County, PA -

Berks champion Wyomissing will play the winner of today’s Trinity-Harrisburg Academy match Friday at noon in the opening round of the District 3 Class AA team tennis tournament at Hershey Racquet Club.Wilson, Berks’ AAA rep, faces Hershey in a 3:45 p.m. semifinal match.The championship matches will be played Tuesday, Oct. 20, at Hershey Racquet Club.Meanwhile, Berks singles champion Cara Wirth is seeded second in Saturday’s District 3 Class AAA singles tournament. Gov. Mifflin’s Alyssa Gleason is also in the draw.In opening round matches Wirth plays Christina Evangelista of Susquehanna Township and Gleason faces Jessica Klinger of Hershey.Leah Rutt of McCaskey is the top seed.Berks runner-up Audrey Ann Blakely of Wyomissing is seeded second and Victoria Foanio of Holy Name, the defending champion, third in the District 3 Class AA singles tournament, which will start Saturday at 1 p.m. at Hershey Racquet Club.Also in the Class AA field are Emma Tobias of Fleetwood, Lindsay Shields of Holy Name and Lauren Zezenski of Tulpehocken.Blakely faces Shields in the first round. Foanio plays Anne Marie Konkel of Harrisburg Academy, Tobias plays No. 4 seed Anna Spoden of York Catholic and Zezenski plays Nicole Mahaffey of Trinity.Julia Cassellbury of Lancaster Country Day is the top seed.The tournament concludes Monday at Hershey Racquet Club.